Control system for controlling goods sorter and operation method thereof

Abstract

Provided is a control system including controller configured to manage ID information comprising a unique number of a carrier on which a goods is mounted from among a plurality of carriers provided to tilt in a second direction or a third direction, such that each of the carriers moves along the first direction on a goods sorter and sorts the goods to at least one of a plurality of sorting openings, a recognizer configured to sense a material of the goods and a falling point at which the goods falls in a sorting opening, and an analyzer configured to generate result data obtained by analyzing a tilting speed and a tilting strength of the carrier, wherein the controller outputs a controls signal such that the at least one of the tilting speed and the tilting strength of the carrier is controlled based on the result data.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A control system comprising:
 a controller configured to manage ID information comprising a unique number of a carrier on which a goods is mounted from among a plurality of carriers provided to tilt in a second direction or a third direction, which is perpendicular to a first direction, such that each of the carriers moves along the first direction on a goods sorter and sorts the goods to at least one of a plurality of sorting openings; 
 a recognizer disposed on the at least one sorting opening and configured to sense a material of the goods and a falling point at which the goods falls in a sorting opening corresponding to the ID information; and 
 an analyzer configured to generate result data obtained by analyzing at least one of a tilting speed and a tilting strength of the carrier on which the goods is mounted on the basis of the ID information, the falling point and information on the material of the goods, 
 wherein the controller outputs a controls signal such that the at least one of the tilting speed and the tilting strength of the carrier on which the goods is mounted is controlled based on the result data. 
 
     
     
       2. The control system of  claim 1 , further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit the control signal to the goods sorter. 
     
     
       3. The control system of  claim 1 , wherein the analyzer is configured to analyze a magnitude of a friction force between the goods and the carrier on which the goods is mounted on a basis of the material information. 
     
     
       4. The control system of  claim 1 , wherein the recognizer comprises a camera configured to capture an image of the falling point and the material of the goods. 
     
     
       5. The control system of  claim 1 , wherein the recognizer comprises a sensor configured to sense the falling point and the material of the goods. 
     
     
       6. The control system of  claim 1 , wherein the recognizer is configured to output warning data and the material information on the goods, when the goods falls out of a reference area set based on the sorting opening corresponding to the ID information. 
     
     
       7. The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the analyzer is configured to generate the result data so as to adjust, to a negative value, an operation delay value of the carrier on which the goods is mounted on a basis of the warning data and the material information, when the goods falls out of the reference area in the first direction. 
     
     
       8. The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the analyzer is configured to generate the result data so as to adjust, to a positive value, an operation delay value of the carrier on which the goods is mounted on a basis of the warning data and the material information, when the goods falls out of the reference area in a reverse direction to the first direction. 
     
     
       9. The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the second direction is toward an entrance of the sorting opening corresponding to the ID information and is perpendicular to the first direction, and
 when the goods falls out of the reference area in the second direction, the analyzer is configured to generate the result data so as to adjust, to a positive value, the tilting strength of the carrier on which the goods is mounted on a basis of the warning data and the material information. 
 
     
     
       10. The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the analyzer is configured to generate the result data such that at least one of the tilting speed and the tilting strength of the carrier on which the goods is mounted is adjusted, when the goods falls in excess of a specific range from the reference area. 
     
     
       11. An operation method of a control system comprising one or more computing devices, each of which comprises a processor, the operation method comprising:
 receiving, by a processor, a falling point of and material information on a goods sensed by a recognizer, which is disposed on at least one of a plurality of sorting openings and comprises at least one of a sensor and a camera, in a goods sorter comprising the plurality of sorting openings and a plurality of carriers configured to sort a goods into at least one of the plurality of sorting openings; 
 generating, by the processor, result data by analyzing at least one of a tilting speed and a tilting strength of a carrier on which the goods is mounted among the plurality of carriers on a basis of the falling point of and the material information on the goods; and 
 outputting, by the processor, a controls signal such that the at least one of the tilting speed and the tilting strength of the carrier on which the goods is mounted is controlled based on the result data. 
 
     
     
       12. The operation method of  claim 11 , wherein information about the falling point of the goods comprises a falling point of the goods fallen out of a reference area of the at least one sorting opening.